If you are truly serious about preparing your child for the future don't teach him to subtract - teach him to deduct.
You are interested in the
employee exchange program your company sponsors. You'd like to spend a year in
South Carolina, preferably in the mountains. 
Look at
The Salary Calculator, at www.homefair.com/homefair/cmr/salcalc.html, and
find a city in South Carolina where you can maintain the same standard of living
as you have with the $50,000 you make in Houston.
You are planning a vacation. Use Mapquest, http://www.mapquest.com
, to create a "Driving Directions" map from Houston to Denver.
Calculate the closest distance from city to city. Your car gets 30 miles
per gallon. Gas costs $1.15 per gallon. How much will it cost to drive
each way?
. What are the 'golden rectangle' and the 'golden ratio'? How are they related?
Explain this in a couple of sentences.
Use the Universal Currency converter at
http://www.xe.net/currency/
to find out how many 'yen' you would have in exchange for $15.00 American.
You have a $20 bill.
You
are having lunch at Ruggles in Houston with a friend. You'll split the
check evenly. She has fettuccine with smoked salmon. You have grilled chicken
salad and garlic soup. You each have a $4.00 glass of wine. Add 8.25% tax
and 15% tip. How much change will you leave Ruggles with?
You are a 5th grade teacher
in Houston.You have arranged to have an online chat session with a 5th grade class at
the American school in Berlin. Both schools are in session from 8:00 to 4:00 each day.
During what hour(s) will you be able set this chat session?
How much money
would Bill Gates have left if he paid his share of the United States National
Debt? HINT: Use the Bill Gates Wealth Clock and the U.S. National Debt Clock
to find this information. Real time clocks, so the answers will vary.
The
people of Heaven's Gate are on their way to the star Sirius. How many miles
will they travel? After finding the distance in light years, consult the
Megacalculator
to convert light years to miles.
. 
Shazam! Visit the Ken White Coin Flipping page. Draw a conclusions from
your average of flipping 15 coins 10 times.
Find
a list of names for polygons. What do you call an 11-sided polygon? A 31-sided
polygon?
You
are in Washington, D.C. making a stop by Arlington Cemetery to see the
Changing of the Guards. Your plane leaves from National Airport at 2:00
p.m. It is 10:00 a.m. If you take the subway system to the airport, what
time do you need to leave Arlington to arrive at the airport an hour early?
Try the Subway Navigator to find your answers.
The Maya (or Mayan) people formed an advanced civilization
on Mexico's Yucatan Penisula long before the Spaniards arrived in the 1500s. One
of the things they are noted for is their sophisticated counting system.
Write the equation for 11 + 13 and the answer, using the Mayan counting system.
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